Olaf Sock Snowman Tutorial

Do you want to build a snowman? This adorable Olaf sock snowman was created for Lu’s Frozen birthday party several years ago. Now that Frozen II is soon to be in theaters, I think it’s time to make little Olafs again! This project is perfect for parties because each guest can make their own. The project was a huge hit for us, and I hope it will be for you, too. Want to learn how to make your own “Happy Snowman?” I’m super excited to share the tutorial and a free printable for the felt pieces. Here we go!

Special thanks to Bear (age 12) for helping me out with this project. She hates getting her picture taken, but she made the ultimate sacrifice and let me take pictures of her creating Olaf. (As long as I didn’t take pictures of her face, of course!)

Olaf Sock Snowman Tutorial

You can adapt this tutorial for any size sock, but my measurements and printable are sized for Bobby Socks, kids size small, fits shoe sizes 5 1/2 to 8 1/2. You can use anything from a toddler sock to an adult sock, but I liked this size the best.

Materials Needed

1 bobby sock

Approximately 1 1/3 cups of rice — any kind (for larger socks, use more rice)

Free Olaf Features Printable. Click download link below to get the download.

Video Tutorial

Directions

*Hint. When filling the sock with rice, you will need a helper. One person holds the sock open and the other pours the rice. Or, check out the video tutorial for an even easier way to fill up the socks that even little kids can do all by themselves.

Pour just under 3/4 C rice into the bottom of the sock, and squeeze and shake it down until you have the shape you want for Olaf’s bottom. Make sure that the top of the sock is centered in the middle.

Using a clear hair band, secure sock tightly just above the rice.

Pour just over 1/8 C rice into the sock, squeeze and shake down the rice, and secure the section with a second clear hairband.

Pour a little less than 1/2 C rice into the sock, and squeeze and shake down the rice. Shape the head so that it is taller than it is wide, and secure it with the third clear hairband.

Starting where the middle section touches the bottom section, secure the ball with hot glue so that Olaf keeps his shape. Repeat where the head and middle ball touch.

Starting with the mouth, peel the backing off the felt pieces (one at a time), and stick them to Olaf’s face and body. (I did not provide a pattern for the nose, but any old triangle-ish shape will do.)

Glue the nose and eyes on with hot glue.

Add the arms and the pom-pom feet.

Don’t forget the hair! Be sure to attach it at the bottom of the elastic hair tie, or it will look like it’s floating. (You’ll see some floating hair in the picture of the kids’ finished Olafs.)

The adhesive-backing on the felt is pretty temporary. If you are doing this project yourself, once you have the shapes where you want them, add a little hot glue to make them stay. If you are doing this project with kids, just wait until they are finished and then add the hot glue. (The pieces are way too small for the kids to help with the gluing.)

Poor Olaf. He’s missing his eyebrows! We didn’t even notice until we started making them at the birthday party. Actually, several of the kids decided to leave off the eyebrows, but I like them! For me, it’s not Olaf without the trademark eyebrows!

Just look at all of these Happy Snowmen! I hope your family likes this project as much as we did. Special thanks to Sarah at Repeat Crafter Me for the Olaf idea. She created hers using tiny socks and polyfill. Check them out here. They’re adorable! Without her post, I would never have figured out how to give Olaf hair!

Thanks for stopping by today. I have lots more Frozen activities from the party coming! Need more Olaf? Check out these posts. (Images below are linked.)

Did you know that I have free bingo games and lunchbox jokes on my site? Be sure to check those out, too. What do you think? Should I make a Frozen bingo game?

I am having a frozen birthday party for my daughter this coming weekend and are making these with kiddos! I’m excited for them. When printing the downloaded attachments, are what size should they be? Thanks for the awesome pin for these!

these were the best. i loved to make them. i used two of them to decorate a santa chair and all the kids asked why they ere their and i said their saints little helpers and two olafs is better and more funny than one!! thanks for the idea! : – )

I came across this most adorable post on Pintrest a few days ago. We are having a Frozen-themed Winter Reading Club at our library, and Olaf is the perfect project to kick off our program! I can’t thank you enough for your extremely detailed instructions! The kids are going to LOVE this so much! Thank you for sharing this with all of us!!

Love this! We’re going to make them with our Guides at our holiday craft night in December. Just one question – what size are the eyes? I can’t decide if it’s better to risk them being too big or too small

Good question, Michelle. Don’t know why I didn’t think to put that in! The eyes came in a pack with many sizes, so I’m not sure the exact size. Using a ruler, they are about 1 cm in diameter. Hope that helps. Have fun!

Wow!! My husband and I just hosted our first “Kids’ Christmas Craft Night” in Nicaragua. This was a “must-do” because our neighbor girls (4 and 5 years old) run around singing “Soy Libre” which is the translation for “Let it Go.” So I knew this craft had to be done. It’s not always easy to find crafting stuff here- but it all came together. Thanks again, great tutorial. If you want to see pictures shoot me an email, I’d love to share.

Love this! Thanks for sharing! I’m room mom for my son’s 2nd grade class and this would be perfect for his holiday party activity. So how did you got about all the felt pieces? Did you have to trace them and cut them all out? Was that pretty tedious? Thanks so much!

Hi, Erica. There is a printable with this post for all the cutout pieces. Yes. I did cut them all out. I tried using my silhouette, but it wouldn’t cut the felt. It took some time, but it wasn’t too bad.

Hi! Very nice tutoriel. I made these with my upper setion kindergarden class! 28 olafs!! The children loved to do them and it turned out to be a real success. To fill the socks with rice. I made a hole in the bottom of a plastic,picnic goblets, inserted it into the socks and made the kids fill the socks with the rice.. They were happy and proud to make thier snowman all by themselves. Thank you.

28 kids! Wow! Your filling idea is genius. Thanks so much for sharing it. I’ll add it into the post so that others can use it as well. Such a great idea. Thanks for letting me know! I love to hear when people enjoy my projects.

Have fun, Lisa! (Check out the comment above yours for a great idea on how to fill the socks without making a mess. It’s from a teacher who did it with 28 kindergardeners!) I think fabric glue would be a better idea for school. That way you wouldn’t have the liability of a child getting burned accidentally. I’d love to hear how it goes.

Hello!!!!!
As for the glue I used fast sticking Glue that comes in tubes,when working with the children. I used hot glue after just to assure and give a better form. I think fabric glue can be a good idea too.

Such a fun idea. I plan to make craft kits for a local children’s hospital, Primary Childrens Hospital.
I have been searching everywhere for a plain white bobby sock with no luck. The socks are always cute and colorful but not the basic white. Could you tell me where you found yours? Thanks!

Hi! Very nice tutoriel. I made these with my upper setion kindergarden class! 28 olafs!! The children loved to do them and it turned out to be a real success. To fill the socks with rice. I made a hole in the bottom of a plastic,picnic goblets, inserted it into the socks and made the kids fill the socks with the rice.. They were happy and proud to make thier snowman all by themselves. Thank you.

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We want to use this for an activity. I can’t find sticky back felt. Where did you get yours? Did you cut these out with a cricket? Will sticky back craft foam work? Thanks for a great idea and great instructions!!

Hi, Leone. It’s been years since I made these, but I think I got the felt at Michaels. If you don’t have one near you, google “sticky backed felt,” and you’ll probably see something near you. I originally tried curing the felt with my Silhouette, but it wouldn’t cut. I know the new Cricuits can do some cool things, so it might work. I cut all of mine by hand. Hope this works for you.

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